

It’s set in Philadelphia in an alternative near-future where North Korea gain global dominance and annexes the US under the guise of providing humanitarian aid in the wake of war and financial ruin. Instead of a follow-up it’s more fair to say that The Revolution is a bit of a reboot of the franchise. With all of that happening it’s a miracle that Homefront: The Revolution has been released at all. It was eventually picked up by publisher Deep Silver who bought the game, the IP and the studio developing it from Crytek back in 2014.

Billed as the follow-up to the underwhelming Homefront developed by THQ’s Kaos Studios and written by Red Dawn writer John Milius back in 2011 The Revolution has survived the collapse of THQ and the near-collapse of Crytek who bought the IP in the wake of THQ’s demise.
